Related:

• HEARSE, n. Death's baby-carriage. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchi
  he part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat....
• NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ALLAH, n. The Mahometan Supreme Being, as distinguished from the Christian, Jewish, and so forth.
  Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept, And ever for the sins of man have wep...
• BILLINGSGATE, n. The invective of an opponent. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• BRUTE, n. See HUSBAND. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary